What the government fails to realize is that without giving people their due process and just taking domain names; it undermines the confidence in the entire Domain Name System. RFC 2826 http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2826 explains this. No one has to use our current root name servers. There have been more then few alternatives, but all users agree to use the same system to ensure we all get to the same web pages.

The bottom line is these seizures do nothing to prevent those that want pirate in doing so. It will just be driving more underground as they will just use "alt roots", VPNs, and become fully encrypted.

"As we noted, the original ticket buyer already paid a tax, and resellers themselves should be responsible for paying any additional tax."

s/should/should not/ ?

I am wondering if there are any laws to limit this kind of double taxation, but the sense of entitlement from everyone these days probably not. So many from top to bottom want a cut of money they had no hand in helping to create.

I purchased the RunKeeper app on the iPhone and also have the Nike+ sensor. Even though the runkeeper app requires a GPS connection I find it a much better app all around. No need for calibration; Ability to have custom route; Custom audio queues. The stats are also amazing on their own right.
I know the Nike+ GPS seems to be copying runkeeper and not using the sensor anymore. I wonder why they would not use both to help maintain accurate information even when GPS reception flakes out.

They also miss the whole point of open source. Hopefully most users of open source software agree it basically means, "free as in free speech, not as in free beer". It's amazing how many proponents of copyright think that open source somehow means you can't get paid for your work. Depending on the license used, I mainly free it just gives me the right to modify and improve the software I paid for; which I don't feel there needs to be a special license for.

They User-Agent is defined when as part of the request the client makes to the server in the HTTP protocol. It is optional and can even be left out. If the server requests it then you will get an error. I was able to get the hulu home page without a User-Agent.

I assume they are basing this on a User-Agent and possibly some javascript that collects information on the clients computer. All Boxee would need to do is report itself as the default browser the user already has installed.

I think that being "A La Carte" one knows you are not getting a discount for the bulk buy. Even so, getting less channels at a slightly high price per channel would allow more consumers to be able to afford cable.

I agree that creating more and more laws telling people how to run their business is not a good thing. It goes against the capitalist market place a lot of people claim the US has. If a law should be made it should be to open the space for three or four cable providers to operate in every region. It seems now, in every encounter with cable I've had, is that they section off their territories into little countries. There is no true competition so there is no reason to care about what customers want.

Being innovative usually mean experimenting and making mistakes until you get something that works great. What makes this even more a stretch is no one was paying for this service or making you use it. They came out and apologized and making it right. What is the real harm in some followers on your social network? Seriously, some people need to grow up. Now, Toyota having stuck gas pedals maybe on the level of a class action lawsuit. Since their handling of it was very poor, and the very real possibility for many people to be injured or even killed.

Sony needs to learn their DRM sucks. I had a mini-disc back in the day, before ipod, and it was awesome audio quality. You could fit lots of songs on small durable discs. You could also record digitally which was great for those making their own music. The DRM killed it though. Having to create AC3 file format, a crappy check in/check out system for those files, and no way to digitally download your self recorded music to your PC other then real time optical output. Ever since I could never buy into any Sony product no matter how good it sounds. They just end up hamstringing their products making them useless and letting the competition one up them.
So of course the iPod came out allowing MP3s without the need for discs and allowing you to upload the song to as many iPods as you own; this totally made the mini-disc a paper-weight. Now with the iPhone doing so much and even having decent games why would I carry another bulky device that requires discs and seems destine for the same fate?